Am launching a new user interface look to my web site on 3D photography and expanding to include virtual reality, VR 3D, VR 360 and may be augmented reality (AR) too!
My original focus was 3D. However, a couple of years ago, Youtube dropped their Flash-based 3D player and we no longer had a nice way to display our 3D photos or videos online.
Quite some time later, Youtube re-introduced a 3D feature but supporting only red/cyan anaglyph (colored filter glasses) for watching on the computer.
BUT – Youtube also introduced support for the Google Cardboard viewer. Google wanted to make virtual reality accessible to many people at low cost and their solution was to add a viewer that works with your existing smart phone. Apps on the smart phone measure the movement of your head and this is translated into a viewing angle into the virtual reality stream.
Conveniently, this tech also supports viewing 3D in full color. Whereas most people do not have a 3D Monitor or 3D TV, most do have a smart phone. And with a simple, inexpensive phone holder, they now have an easy way to watch full color 3D on their phones.
As a result, 3D is seeing a resurgence now on Youtube. Search for “VR 3D SBS” or “VR 3D SBS CARDBOARD” and you will begin seeing a lot of 3D content, with much of being watched tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of times. Clearly, there is a demand for 3D content.
Sadly, much of the Youtube 3D content is not very good. Let’s fix that by adding quality 3D content of our own!
